Stories written by Agnes Kalibata

When African Smallholders Access Finance, They’ll Show You What’s Possible

By Agnes Kalibata
I was born in Rwanda, but my family soon became refugees in Uganda during the conflict and unrest on the cusp of independence. My father was a teacher and went to great lengths to make sure I was well educated. My parents were also smallholder farmers, and I saw firsthand the challenges my parents and other refugee families faced.

How Transforming Food Systems Could Unlock a $12 Trillion Global Windfall

By Agnes Kalibata
With the world still counting the social and economic costs of the Covid-19 pandemic, amid a fresh “code red” on the climate crisis, food may not seem like the most pressing threat to humanity.

Choice and Opportunity for African Farmers Will Transform Africa

By Agnes Kalibata
’A hungry man is not a free man. He cannot focus on anything else but securing his next meal.’ So proclaimed the late Kofi Annan.

UN’s First-Ever Food Systems Summit to Fight Impending Emergency

By Agnes Kalibata
Food systems involve all the stages that lead up to the point when we consume food, including the way it is produced, transported, and sold. Launching a policy brief on food security in June, UN chief António Guterres warned of an “impending food emergency”, unless immediate action is taken.
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